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Season's 1st bluefin tuna haul in Tottori

Bluefin tuna are lined up for auction following this season's first haul at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 20, 2026.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 5, 2026, shows a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma in Aomori Prefecture that fetched 510.3 million yen ($3.25 million) at the year's first tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market. (Kyodo)

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Tuna auction at Wakayama wholesale market

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025. (Kyodo)

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2026, shows a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma in Aomori Prefecture that fetched 510.3 million yen ($3.25 million) at the year's first tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2026, shows a 243-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma in Aomori Prefecture that fetched 510.3 million yen ($3.25 million) at the year's first tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

The year's first tuna auction is held at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2026.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2026.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2026.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2026.

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Tuna auction at Wakayama wholesale market

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Tuna auction at Wakayama wholesale market

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Tuna auction at Wakayama wholesale market

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Tuna auction at Wakayama wholesale market

Tuna are lined up for the year's first auction at a regional wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Season's 1st bluefin tuna haul in Tottori

Tottori,Japan, May 21 Kyodo -Bluefin tuna are lined up for auction following this season's first catch at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 21, 2024.(Kyodo)

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Season's 1st bluefin tuna haul in Tottori

Bluefin tuna are lined up for auction following this season's first catch at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 21, 2024.

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Season's 1st bluefin tuna haul in Tottori

Bluefin tuna are lined up for auction following the landing of the season's first catch at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2023.

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Season's 1st bluefin tuna haul in Tottori

Bluefin tuna are lined up for auction following the landing of the season's first catch at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2023.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

The year's first tuna auction is held at Tokyo's Toyosu market on Jan. 5, 2023. Video taken on Jan. 5, 2023, shows a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma in Aomori Prefecture that fetched 36.04 million yen ($273,000) at the year's first tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef shows freshly cut bluefin tuna in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chefs carve up a bluefin tuna in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef shows freshly cut bluefin tuna in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef looks at a bluefin tuna in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef shows a piece of bluefin tuna meat in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-BLUEFIN TUNA-AUCTION

(230105) -- TOKYO, Jan. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef cleans a bluefin tuna in a shop in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 5, 2023. A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off the northern Japan town of Oma, Aomori Prefecture, fetched 36.04 million yen (about 271,500 U.S. dollars) in the first auction of 2023 at Toyosu market early on Thursday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2023, shows a 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma in Aomori Prefecture that fetched 36.04 million yen ($273,000) at the year's first tuna auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

The year's first tuna auction is held at Tokyo's Toyosu market on Jan. 5, 2023.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2023, shows tuna lined up for the year's first auction at Tokyo's Toyosu market.

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Year's first tuna auction in western Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows tuna lined up for the year's first auction at a market in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Year's first tuna auction in western Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows tuna lined up for the year's first auction at a market in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A cook shows customers meat from a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna is cut up at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, head of Kiyomura Co., operator of the Sushi-zanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna he bought for a record 56.49 million yen at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Year's 1st tuna auction at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Wholesale dealers and purchasers check the conditions of tuna ahead of the year's first auction at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012. A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, was sold for 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kg, shattering the previous record of 32.49 million yen, or 95,000 yen per kg.

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First fish auction of 2005 held at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Tuna sold at the first fish auction of 2005 at Tokyo's Tsukiji wholesale market are seen before shipping Jan. 5. A 234-kilogram tuna fetched 5,850,000 yen in the auction.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 180-kg bluefin tuna that fetched 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - The first auction of 2015 of bluefin tuna is held at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015. Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co. made a successful bid for a 180-kg tuna for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Bluefin tuna fetches 4.5 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Tokyo-based sushi restaurant chain operator Kiyomura Co., poses for photos with a 180-kg bluefin tuna for which he made a successful bid for 4.51 million yen, or 25,000 yen per kilogram, in the first tuna auction of 2015 at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2015.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Sushi made from a bluefin tuna that was bought for 7.36 million yen in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014, is offered later the same day at the nearby flagship restaurant of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain.

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Tuna fetches 7.4 mil. yen at Tokyo auction

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura (R), the president of the operator of the Sushizanmai sushi restaurant chain, gives a thumbs up next to a 230-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, that he successfully bid 7.36 million yen for in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Jan. 5, 2014.